That Kind Of Cover-Up Doesn’t Suit Him At All
Loose talk
Alan Young (Wilbur Post on “Mr. Ed”), on his equine co-star: “Ed was in show business two weeks when they changed his name and castrated him … Happens to many of us.”
Organizers of the Miss America pageant plan to let viewers vote during the September telecast on whether bathing suits will be worn.
Which means Mr. Blackwell’s dialing finger could be sore for a few days.
“Suddenly not to be able to see the girl in a swimsuit is losing a piece of tradition,” says the self-styled fashion maven. “The swimsuit competition is wonderful for the pageant and for the girl, to feel good about herself. Any girl who’s shy shouldn’t enter a beauty contest.
“Furthermore, I think they should bring the high heels back. If anyone told Betty Grable that she would have to be barefoot in a swimsuit, she would have killed herself.
“If we take this away, what’s next? They’ll be asking the girls to go out there without makeup or eyelashes.”
Our advice: Do look a gift horse in the mouth
Dean Cain turns 29 today.
They’re still looking for his original liver
Gomer Pyle himself sang the “Star Spangled Banner” at Friday’s dedication of the Jim Nabors memorabilia exhibit in his home town of Sylacauga, Ala. The collection includes childhood photos, suede, denim and polyester suits with matching zip-up boots and dozens of photos from “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.”
Which made a real mess of his pastel jacket
The tabloids are all abuzz with “red-hot” photos of Oprah Winfrey dancing the night away on the French Riviera with none other than Don Johnson. One shutterbug said Winfrey, wearing a figure-hugging frock, “melted in Don’s arms” before they sped off in a white limo.
At least the guy took a good run at it
The rumored reasons behind that sudden Christie Brinkley-Rick Taubman split last week: he doesn’t have as much money as she thought (his real estate firm reportly filed for bankruptcy six months ago) and she couldn’t handle his ski-bum lifestyle.
She’s just a victim of Divine intervention
Humiliated Hugh Grant girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley will tell her side of the story in an exclusive interview with Barbara Walters on “20/20” Friday night. ABC says the Estee Lauder model will discuss “where the two of them go from here” and how the scandal has affected her career.
Perverts eventually show their true spots
Michael Jackson’s new video, “You Are Not Alone,” reportedly included a nude scene revealing his most private parts before he thought better of it at the last minute. According to Daily Variety and The Los Angeles Times, computer whizzes worked around the clock to remove the offending frames before the video’s TV debut Friday night.
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